one of the coolest things about working for ms is seeing what the research group is all about.  i’ll be honest, for the type of money we spend on research i keep expecting the next pdc keynote to have a jetson flying car on the stage…but i digress.

i’ve been playing with one of the tools for a bit now and it is now available to the public.  the tool, groupshot, allows more control on photo montages and stitching images together.  it’s a simple concept, but this demonstrates some of the interesting research msr has going on.

from the site:

MSR Group Shot helps you create a perfect group photo out a series of group photos. With Group Shot you can select your favorite parts in each shot of the series and Group Shot will automatically build a composite image.

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